Research News
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Scientists Show How Female Gametes Control Fertilization Recovery in Flowering Plants
Researchers led by Dr. LI Hongju from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed that the female gamete in flowering plants controls fertilization recovery by secreting pollen tube attractants.
28 Jul 2023
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Scientists Reveal a Novel Regulatory Mechanism of Protein Homeostasis in Synapse Development
A study, jointly carried out by Professor CHEN Chang in the Institute of Biophysics, Associate Professor YAO Aiyu and Professor ZHANG Yongqing in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, shed new light on the crosstalk between glutathionylation and ubiquitination of Gbb in synapse development.
11 Jul 2023
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A Disease-related Protein Is Found to Possess a Novel Function in Maintenance of Epigenetic Modifications in Plants
A recent study conducted by a team led by Dr. JIANG Danhua from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences shed light on this matter demonstrated that TONSOKU (TSK) plays a dual role in regulating both DNA repair and epigenetic stability.
07 Jul 2023
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Scientists Reveal Molecular Interaction of Carbon/Nitrogen Metabolism in Rice
research teams led by Prof. ZUO Jianru and Prof. LI Jiayang from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), identified key factors OsHXK7 and ARE4 link glucose signaling to nitrogen utilization in rice.
06 Jul 2023
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Researchers Develop A New Strategy for the Acquisition and Analysis of Image-Based Phenome in Rice
Researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a strategy for acquiring and analyzing 58 image-based traits (i-traits) during the whole growth period of rice.
05 Jul 2023
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Researchers Make New Advances in Plant Peptide Hormone Analysis Technology
In a study published in Plant Communications, CHU Jinfang’s team from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences proposed a new advanced technology for high-accuracy measurement of tomato systemin.
29 Jun 2023
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Researchers Develop New Base Editing Tools Using AI-predicted Protein Structure Clustering
GAO Caixia’s group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has pioneered the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted methods to discover novel deaminase proteins with unique functions through structural prediction and classification.
27 Jun 2023
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Scientists Discover How Plants Fight Major Root Disease
Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences discover a new ion channel protein conferring broad-spectrum resistance to Plasmodiophora brassicae, the causal pathogen of a deadly disease on Brassica crop plants.
08 Jun 2023